Hi all! I am in the process of writing a research proposal for a PhD and i would like to ask if i can base some questions of my qualitative interview guide in an already existing quantitative scale. In particular, i want to use some of the topics mentioned in the Student Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ) scale, as concepts, in order to build the interview guide with open-ended questions, so i can investigate how the trainees evaluate those aspects of the educational program they attend. Is it appropriate?
Thank you in advance!
I can't think of any reason why not. Do you want to integrate your qualitative data with the findings from the previous research, or do you simply want to pursue some of the same issues?
yes, using quantitative information to develop qualitative interview make your work more in-depth, since the process gives deeper understanding on the issue understudied. it is an explanatory method of exploring on a quantitative research topic.
You will get a clear understanding upon getting into Morgan's "Practical Strategies for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative
Methods: Applications to Health Research"
Thanks
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